I realize it's been a while since my last post, just need to get in the habit of posting I guess. We have had a great summer, it was definitely a great year for swimming! I'm always glad when the pool gets used, and it was used quite a bit. The kids realized that they enjoy swimming at night with the pool light on, it is neat to see the water refections on everything.
One thing I have been able to do this summer is to begin volunteering. I've been looking for ways to get to plugged into the community around me and so I thought a volunteer position would be a great way to get outside of my comfort zone a bit and meet new people. In June, I began volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House here in Columbus. Right now, it is the 2nd largest house in the world! It is a beautiful facility and it is maintained very well. I really enjoy working there, and there is something different to do every day. My duties range from preparing lunch to doing laundry to basic housekeeping of rooms to answering phones and guests questions. It is so cool to know that you are being a blessing to people who are going threw a tough time in their lives--a sick child. I did not realize how much goes into running such a place. They have different groups come in every night to serve dinner and everything they use in the house has been donated (they put out a "wish list" every month of their needs)--amazing how generous people are! They collect pop tabs that they turn in to be recycled and use the money from that as well to manage the house--feel free to collect those and I will gladly take them in! There are so many ways to volunteer, I had no idea!
We have also started school again, I have all high schoolers this year. High school is way easier than the lower grades in my opinion. This year, I have one less due to graduation--still hard to believe! We are doing a worldview class with others this year, actually, we have 10 students in the class. I am looking forward to some great conversations! If you know anything about me, I am passionate about teaching worldview and making sure our kids know how to think! We are doing drama again this year as well. A friend and I wrote the play for this fall, it is a funny who dunnit--is that possible!? We have not given out the ending yet and there is much speculation about who is guilty--so much fun having that knowledge!!!
We are still plugging away at church. There are some new things on the horizon that are looking very exciting, I'll keep you posted as they come about.
So that was the past three months for me in a nutshell. Sorry if I bored you too much!
